Fill in shape in Designer

[Mihnea]

Hello guys,

I´m pretty new to Affinity, until now everything was self explaining but I have a problem. I am trying to fill in a shape I have created and when I try to fill it in, places that shouldn't get coloured, are getting coloured and my shape doesn't. I hope you can understand my issue. What can I do about it?

Here is a screenshot that maybe clarifies more.

Thanks  a lot!

Greetings

[Alfred]

Welcome to the Serif Affinity Forums, Mihnea.

You’re trying to fill a collection of separate curves. Because they aren’t closed, each fill forms a straight edge between the start node and the end node (e.g. the semicircle halfway up on the left-hand side is filled to make a sort of reverse ‘D’ shape).

Choose the Node Tool, drag out a marquee around all the lines and use the ‘Select All’ command on the Edit menu, and then use the ‘Join’ button on the Context toolbar. Finally, use the ‘Close’ button to connect the start node to the end node. You should now be able to fill the shape.

[firstdefence]

Are you trying to make a box?

If so take a look at this website: https://www.templatemaker.nl/en/ The creator of the site has created scripts to create all manner of boxes you can export to PDF, SVG and DXF formats, PDF and SVG being compatible with all of the Affinity apps.

[Mihnea]

@Alfred thanks alot for the quick response! I am going to try this out 😊

 

@firstdefence indeed I'm creating a box but it's for work, so I need that exact one. But thanks a lot for the link, if I have to create a box sometimes I'll definitely try out that website first.

Thank you both for your help and fast responses!

I'm testing currently if I can do my professional work with Affinity instead of Adobe CC. Until now my mind is blown by the Affinity Suite how intuitive everything works. My workflow is 100 times better than with Adobe.

[GarryP]

To add to what Alfred said above, you can tell whether you have multiple curves if you see multiple red-coloured nodes. A red-coloured node denotes the end (last node) of a curve – see attached image showing the different types of node where you can see the red-coloured ones are those at the end.